Mother on probation after abuse guilty plea

By Jason Rawlins
Thu Jan 24 10:47:08 EST 2013

A Brisbane judge has ordered a 30-year-old mother be placed on three years' probation after she pleaded guilty to cruelty and bestiality charges.

The District Court in Brisbane heard the woman was in an abusive and manipulative relationship with her husband, who has been jailed for child sex offences after his eldest daughter complained to police in 2010.

After the complaint was made, police found photos on the man's computer of his wife engaged in indecent acts with him and the eldest of their six children, which were witnessed by their other children.

Police also found photos of her engaged in sexual acts with the family dog.

The Court heard the offences were committed between 2005 and 2009 at their home, west of Brisbane, and elsewhere.

Judge Douglas McGill noted that the woman's children now suffer from a variety of behavioural problems.